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The latest news about research, events, staff and students from the School of East Asian Studies.

28 July 2020

The School of East Asian Studies scores highly in the latest National Student Survey (NSS)

The annual survey shows that the School has ranked 1st in the Russell Group for overall student satisfaction.

UK Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA): The Real Deal

The recently signed UK Japan CEPA was the UK’s first post-Brexit trade agreement, which, according to the British Government website, will increase trade with Japan by an estimated £15.2 billion.

18 November 2020

Home, class and murder in South Korean Cinema by Kate Taylor-Jones

The nature of home in South Korean cinema has always been heavily influenced by ideas of class. The divide between rural and the city, those who have money and those who struggle to survive has been present in Korean cinema since its inception.

11 November 2020 | Published in Learning On Screen

Is gender still on the agenda in Japan?

Written by Sarah Parsons
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s ‘womenomics’ initiatives mainstreamed the concept of gender diversity in the workforce. Abe’s government made measurable advances for women such as expanding parental leave .

11 November 2020 | Publshed in East Asia Forum

Sukyeon Cho Receives South Korean President’s Award for Contributions to Education

Sukyeon Cho, head of the Korean Language programme at SEAS, has received the prestigious South Korean President’s Award for her contributions to teaching in Korean language and Korean studies.

9 November 2020

Yun Isang, Media, and the State: Forgetting and Remembering a Dissident Composer in Cold-War South Korea

This fascinating new article by Hyun Kyong Hannah Chang discusses the moral and political framings of one of Korea's most prominent composers of the twentieth century, Yun Isang.

2 October 2020 | Published in The Asia-Pacific Journal, Japan Focus

Charles Alfred Fisher Prize for best PhD Thesis

To recognise the incredible achievements of our graduating PhD students, each year the School of East Asian Studies awards the Charles Alfred Fisher Prize for the best PhD thesis or article in Chinese, Japanese or Korean Studies.

14 August 2020

A woman putting a face mask on to a child.

Coronavirus in Japan: why is the infection rate relatively low?

Whilst Covid-19 rapidly spreads across the world, Japan’s infection rate seems relatively low. Dr Hiro Waranabe discusses why that might be in The Conversation.

17 March 2020 | The Conversation

Doomed fate of 'undesirable Korean' in Japan

A fantastic new article by Dr Deokhyo Choi about a World War II Prisoner of War's tragic transnational migration. A fascinating read for anyone interested in history, migration and anthropology.

7 February 2020 | The Korea Times

The poster for the Japan Now series of events

Japan Now North 2020

Japan Now North is a week of activities celebrating the art, culture, literature and film of Japan. Now in our third year, we are holding events across Sheffield, home of one of Europe's leading academic centres on Japan.

14 January 2020

Employability in the spotlight

We’ve had a full semester of events over the last few months, including careers presentations from a number of East Asia-focussed companies and organisations with long experience finding roles for East Asian studies graduates.

4 January 2020